The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-09-29
Hard FouehE Rattle.

A Hard F0uGh6 Battle.
KANKAKEE, H., Sept 27.-One of
the gamest prize fights ever witnessed
in Illinois occurred near here early
Tuesday morning. Three hundred
young men waded through the wet
weeds near the town and entered an
old shanty close beside the railroad
track. Once inside the shanty five
lamps were lighted, the doors securely
locked, and the master of ceremonies
announced that Billy Watson, of Chi
cago, and Tom Duffy, of Ohio, were to
| fight to finish with two ounce gloves
for $50 side and the entire gate re-
ceiptS, which amounted to nearly $500
more. Duffy, who is % years old,
stripped at AS pounds. Watson is y
years old, and weighs 13S pounds.
| Shortly after 5 o'clock, both men step
ped into the middle of the ring, and the
battle began. -
After sparringIfor an opening Duffy
landed lightly on Watson's stomach,
and in return received left-hander on
the jowl. Fierce fighting followed and
the fight ended ina clinch.
| Both men were cautious IN the sec
ond round, and the fighting, which was
weak, was done at long range. In the
third round Duffy got crack on the
nose that started the claret. First
blood was claimed for Watson, and was
allowed. Cautious fighting followed
until the seventh inning, when Duffy
caught an upper cut from Watson 9
right, that lifted him off his feet and
laid him against the ropes. He recov-
cred in fine shape, however, and sent
Watson to his knees with blow under
the right ear.
| When Duffy went to his corner after
the round, Murphy, his second, washed
the blood from his face, and sent him
up in clean shape. Weak lighting fol-
lowed until the twelfth round, when
Duffy forced Watson to his corner,
where he dealt him two heavy blows on
the nose. Watson replied with a swing
ing right-hander, which split Duffy 8
lip, and sent a stream of blood running
down his neck and bosom.
When the men came up in the thlr-
teenth round they presented battered
appearance, Duffy's breast and arms
were smeared with blood, and his
mouth looked as though it ran from
ear to ear. Watson was bleeding freely
too, but he appeared to have better
wind. The betting was now in favor
of Watson. The friends of the Ohio
lad were not slow in covering all good
odds. In the thirteenth round, Duffy
broke small bone in his right wrist in
attempting to reach Watson'S jugular,
but he continued to fight desperately
despite the pain his sef-infiicted injury
gave him.
Duffy's nose with a swinging left
handler, and followed it up with a rat
ting blow on the neck. For moment
the Ohio boy Wavered, but the calling
of time gave him a chance to get his
wind. Terrific smuggling followed I'M
til the twentieth round. Duty d1-
rected his attention to his opponent's
bellows, and Watson dealing blow
I after blow upon the Ohioan s broken
J nose. Both men were covered with
each others blood, and the 1oor was
despatched with crimson spots. AT
one time the faces of the game fighters
/ were completely plaStered with gore
: and Duffy's upper lip, which had been
Il split nearly TO his broken horn, hung
upon his chin.
AS it was now after o'clock, lamps
/ were extinguished, the doors thrown
open, and the fight continued by day
light. Duffy's terrific blows in the
twentieth, tWenty-frst, twenty-Secon6
and tWenty-third rounds had de
molishing effect on Watson, who, up tt
| this time, had escaped much dishgure
ment. He began to blow in an omln
Gus manner, and great Jumps anC
: Welts appeared on his breast. Tit
, terrific work of the Ohioan was loudly
: cheered, and even money was Offered
and covered that he would knock out
the Chicago man.
3 In the twenty-fourth round Watson
sent his left against Duffy's right eye
and in moment he was sound asleep
The Ohioan's other eye began to cur
up too, but his seconds managed tx
r straighten it out in time for the mex
r round. Both men spared for wind il
the tWenty-ifth, twenty-siXth, twenty
seventh and twenty eighth rounds, but
? in the tWenty-ninth, Duffy, who haC
1 mended his bellows, renewed his at
3 tacks ON WatSon's ribs. The fighting
f was very fierce in this round, Watsonf
f blows in the Ohioan's face having thu
effect of sending blood about the RIM
: in spray. Watson was now bleed
r ing at the mouth as a result of the triI
hammer tattoo which Duffy had beef
beating on his ribs, and his legs wer
not as steady as his seconds would Xix
| to have seen them. La the thirtietl
2 round Watson smashed Duffy in tn
I mouth with his left and caught hart
. one on the body in return. Infightinj
followed. Finally both men clinched t.
escape punishment. Both men wer
l bleeding so freely that it was impossible
s for their seconds to send them up clean
|. Duffy'S face was mangled in mos
q horrible manner. One eye was com
pletely closed, the other was nearl
i tight and the blood from his broker
: nose and cracked lips ran in streams t
i the floor. There were huge Jumps o.
his cheeks, and his breast above tn
ribs was lacreated from the seams O
Watson's gloves. The thirty
+ thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty
+ sixth rounds were of the hamme
!. and tongs order. each man trying t
get in a Knockout blow. Watson cam
near going down three times in thes
rounds under the catapult blows o
: the Buckeye boy, but managed to pul
+ himself together before his opp0nen
= could follow up his advantage. TIL
L broken nose came in for more punish
e ment during these rounds, and ono
8 the Chicago boy reached for and caugh
Duffy's only clean eye. In the thirty
seventh round Duffy sent Watson t.
the ropes with a ringing lefthandeI
o but caught a solid blow in the noutl
J. in return. A clinch followed and con
tinued until time was called
The spectators declared that they hai
= seen enough, and begged the referee t.
;. call the fight a draw. 1t was nov
broad daylight and people were stirring
out of doors. The seconds, however
wanted to see the fight out to a finish
5 ana sent Cloir m60 up IOE Ilc Thirty
{ eighth round. Both were too weak T.
i do any effective work, and for fly
f rounds hardly a solid blow was struck
! In the forty fourth round the men Wer'
SO clearly exhausted that the refere'
, called the fight draw. The contes
lasted two hours and fourteen minutes
Both pugilists were so badly punished
: that it viii be several days before the.
viii feel like ordinary mortals.
The next examination of teacher
win be held in the High School Build
ing on Saturday; the 18th day Of Octo
Der, commencing at 8 a. m. The mex
meeting of the Lyon County Teachers
Association viii be held at the Garfield
School House on Saturday, the Sth day
of October, at 2 p. m. All the teach
ers are requested not only to attend thu
meeting, but take part and make il
interesting. A. e. DIXON,
Superintendent.